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Theories of Statistical Discrimination and Affirmative Action: A Survey / Hanming Fang, Andrea Moro.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fang, Hanming.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w15860.
- NBER working paper series no. w15860
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Theories of Statistical Discrimination and Affirmative Action
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2010.
- Summary:
- This chapter surveys the theoretical literature on statistical discrimination and affirmative action. This literature suggests different explanations for the existence and persistence of group inequality. This survey highlights such differences and describes in these contexts the effects of color-sighted and color-blind affirmative action policies, and the efficiency implications of discriminatory outcomes.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- April 2010.
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